<p>I'm a senior this year, but I only spent three years in high school (graduating early). I know most people say that graduating early usually lowers one's chances of getting into a good university, because they would have had better credentials with another year of high school education, but I think that I am already a competitive candidate. My SAT score was 2310 (only took it once, 770 in all), and my GPA is 4.121. I have gotten all A's (one A-), and have taken all the honors and AP courses that I could have, and I am in many of the highest level classes at my school (multivar. calc., ap latin, etc..). My EC's are also comparable with the top few students at my school, and I would say that they definitely add value to my application, and do not make me seem like one of those kids who are all test scores and nothing else.
However, all the posts I have read about this topic advise that graduating early is not a good idea, and lowers one's chances significantly. I just want to know: will colleges look at my application differently, and will I have lower chances of getting accepted, just because I am sixteen?</p>
<p>Since you’ve done everything a senior at your high school could have done, your application is even more impressive.</p>
<p>I think it definitely won’t affect ur chance:)</p>
<p>It seems as though you have done everything that is available to you at your school. Applying early shouldn’t affect your chances. I agree with MYOS1634 that it could make your application even more impressive. Good luck!</p>
<p>IME, it does affect your chances. I was wait-listed from my first choice applying in my third year of high school, took a gap year in which I did nothing impressive, and was accepted. Being young (not just “could have done more in the fourth year”) is not a positive factor. Not a deal-breaker, but I do think it gives you a disadvantage.</p>
<p>But how old are you is the real question.</p>